As of 2 July 2020, the following persons who comply with passport and visa regulations may be considered to have an urgent need to enter Germany:

• healthcare workers, health researchers and geriatric care workers
• skilled and highly qualified foreign workers whose employment is necessary from an economic perspective and whose work cannot be postponed or performed abroad; see also “Which skilled and highly qualified foreign workers are permitted to enter Germany from a non-European foreign country?"
• freight transport and other transport personnel,
• seasonal workers in agriculture,
• seafarers in transit to a ship’s port of departure or to an airport in order to return to a non-EU country,
• foreign students whose course of study is not fully possible from abroad as well as trainees and nationals of non-EU countries who are entering Germany to obtain qualifications if their training or qualification programme is not fully possible from abroad,
• persons immigrating to Germany to join their families, and persons visiting Germany for urgent family reasons; see also “What special conditions apply to entry into Germany by family members who are nationals of a third-country that is not on the safe list?”
• persons in need of international protection or protection for other humanitarian reasons, including urgent medical reasons; see also “Under what circumstances am I allowed to enter Germany for urgent medical reasons?"
• diplomats, staff of international organisations, military personnel and humanitarian aid workers in the exercise of their functions (see also “What special conditions apply to supporting documents for short-term entry into Germany by third-country nationals who are family members of holders of diplomatic or official passports of Germany, other EU countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland?”),
• ethnic German resettlers,
• passengers in transit.

Note: Entry to attend a (sports) event as a spectator is not a mandatory reason for entry.

The decision whether to allow entry at the border is at the discretion of the border officials.

Travelers must also observe the requirements of the coronavirus entry regulation.